RVA
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What do you think so far?
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I don’t need to buy another amp, ever. I bought it used and it has 900+ profiles and then you and Chris send me a boat load more. When I have a week of spare time I want to get down to about 10 that I’d use and then program it and the floor board so I could gig with it. The head with the Camplifier, the floorboard controller and the kabinet makes for a really simple rig.
I was using a Trainwreck profile today with the Headrush cranked, and it was just stellar. Can’t wait to get the Camplifier SHP.
I was using a Trainwreck profile today with the Headrush cranked, and it was just stellar. Can’t wait to get the Camplifier SHP.
OP
This Sunday is pretty full. I have visitation with my Son, and then this 2pm event in Crestline, without even a setlist....sure to be a trainwreck....
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
My bass player mainly plays guitar and he just bought the pedal board version. While interested, I really hope they come up with am amplified version.
Roger that. The open invite still stands.
OP
LOL!!!!
This will be a sonic train-wreck of sorts..backing a folky-artist who refuses to announce a set-list in advance...he loves the spontaneity I suppose????
You are a folk singer and tarot card reader. You need a guitar player to back you up. Why choose a guy from a Judas Priest Tribute????
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OP
OP
The Boss or the Kemper???
The Kemper pedal-board is powered and can drive a cabinet or go direct out...
Sp8ctre
Ambassador of Steel
Not sure what Boss you are referring to, but I had a 100W Katana and it doesn't come close to the Kemper. The Kemper just does it all for me.
Let me know when you have some time and where you want to meet. You can come up to Palmdale or I can bring the Kemper down to the LBC.
Let me know when you have some time and where you want to meet. You can come up to Palmdale or I can bring the Kemper down to the LBC.
OP
The Boss GT1000...listen to it in the Nita Strauss video i posted in this thread. I am told it is very similar to the Kemper Floorboard/Amp...
RVA
Ambassador
The big difference between the Kemper and Axe Fx, Boss and most others is that
- the Kemper takes a "profile" of an amp, which is accomplished by micing an actual amp, listening to it, and recreating exactly what it hears with those mics and mic placement at that time
- the others "model" amps, which is a company's computer program simulation of an amp setting.
Which sounds better is subjective, but the Kemper allows you profile you own amp, and has a Rig Exchange where other Kemper users post up their own profiles. There are currently about 15,000 profiles available on Rig Exchange.
In addition, professional profilers are constantly cramking out high quality profiles for reasonable prices and with free giveaways.
You could actually capture all the tones you have worked to get with the DSL and save them for life as profiles. Since your have access to a studio, I imagine that they would come out quite good! That said, I have made nice profiles without any studio.
OP
Very interesting!!!
Personally, i wouldn't want to profile my own amp. I mean, the tones are OK, but nothing to write home about.
I really dig the tones that Strauss was pulling out of her live setup. I mean, there are just so many tones that are not possible with my personal setup, or even feasible without committing to more and more gear, that the Kemper is making more sense all the time.
OP
@RVA - I been tossing this around for a while now.
I'm tired of lugging heavy equipment. For me, this means putting a 50+ pound DSL40C sideways into my trunk everyday. It's getting old. I sustained an S.I. joint injury in a SWAT training accident in 2003. It still bothers me and heavy lifting, especially walking with heavy things, really aggravates the condition.
Motivation Factor #1: Lighter Weight
Getting a studio mixing console tone from a live rig.
Motivation Factor #2
Fewer cables, faster, easier setup, takes up less space on stage and in my car, less chance of somebody tripping over a cable bundle, or trying to find a bad cable.
Motivation Factor #3
I play with Kats who cherish these old, 'Holy Grail' amps. That tone is dry as a bone. No reverb, nothing. Perfect for duping Angus Young, but dry and lifeless in a situation where you have to add some sonic color to a song.
It's funny really...nobody would want to drive a Model T Ford today, but they drive the Model T version of guitar amplifiers.
The funniest part is, most modern studio recordings are using an Amp Farm model anyways.
When i listen to the quality and articulation of a studio recording, i think about how to most closely deliver that sound quality to a live audience.
Like when we perform, i have reverb mixed into the vocals, to eliminate that "dry as a bone" bar band sound. I also use reverb and delay on the guitar to try and give my sound some depth. While it can be a challenge to get the mix right, it pays huge dividends when its "right."
That's my thought process anyways...
I'm tired of lugging heavy equipment. For me, this means putting a 50+ pound DSL40C sideways into my trunk everyday. It's getting old. I sustained an S.I. joint injury in a SWAT training accident in 2003. It still bothers me and heavy lifting, especially walking with heavy things, really aggravates the condition.
Motivation Factor #1: Lighter Weight
Getting a studio mixing console tone from a live rig.
Motivation Factor #2
Fewer cables, faster, easier setup, takes up less space on stage and in my car, less chance of somebody tripping over a cable bundle, or trying to find a bad cable.
Motivation Factor #3
I play with Kats who cherish these old, 'Holy Grail' amps. That tone is dry as a bone. No reverb, nothing. Perfect for duping Angus Young, but dry and lifeless in a situation where you have to add some sonic color to a song.
It's funny really...nobody would want to drive a Model T Ford today, but they drive the Model T version of guitar amplifiers.
The funniest part is, most modern studio recordings are using an Amp Farm model anyways.
When i listen to the quality and articulation of a studio recording, i think about how to most closely deliver that sound quality to a live audience.
Like when we perform, i have reverb mixed into the vocals, to eliminate that "dry as a bone" bar band sound. I also use reverb and delay on the guitar to try and give my sound some depth. While it can be a challenge to get the mix right, it pays huge dividends when its "right."
That's my thought process anyways...
Plexi, I had never heard of them before you started showing them a while back. What a cool name and, at least on the Kemper, a great sounding amp.
Robert, this could be your rig. Kemper head with 280w stereo Camplifier in a Kemper bag that holds all the cords, Kemper floor board controller and expression pedal and carrying case, and a 25lb Kemper Kabinet. Only 2 trips to the car to load and unload, first for 2 guitars and second for these.
Sp8ctre
Ambassador of Steel
If you get the Kemper Rack the case would be even smaller! They also come powered...
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Robert, do you guys not play and have Sound guys? Forgive me for being Naive, but isn't it their job to make the sound sound Unflat?
OP
Nope. Straight-up stage volume in most of the smaller venues.